Some Skeletons - To Exceed; To Achieve
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Am I going to be another bitter old man who will grieve for all the fun he never had? And all just to heed a grand maternal scheme to exceed; to achieve the things she wants to be achieved
When my form conspires against me I’ll hope it does it swift and gently. I doubt I’ll ever earn this mercy – I’ll yearn until I’m burnt and empty
I never chose to have the skill I have, yet I have, to the detriment of making my own plans. And even once the decades have all passed she won’t relax – in my head I’ll hear her whisper to the last:
“It’s your friends in the way.”
When my form conspires against me I’ll hope it does it swift and gently. I doubt I’ll ever earn this mercy – I’ll yearn until I’m burnt and empty
{She says} “It’s your friends
In the way. They’re your friends but you know that they won’t see life like you do.”
When my form conspires against me I’ll hope it does it swift and gently. I doubt I’ll ever earn this mercy – I’ll yearn until I’m burnt and empty
I never chose to have the skill I have, yet I have, to the detriment of making my own plans. And even once the decades have all passed she won’t relax – in my head I’ll hear her whisper to the last:
“It’s your friends in the way.”
When my form conspires against me I’ll hope it does it swift and gently. I doubt I’ll ever earn this mercy – I’ll yearn until I’m burnt and empty
{She says} “It’s your friends
In the way. They’re your friends but you know that they won’t see life like you do.”
